title: Worm burden in intestinal obstruction caused by Ascaris lumbricoides.
abstract: Examination of 24 case reports suggests the worm burden in those presenting to hospital with intestinal obstruction is > 60 and is about tenfold higher in fatal cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: de Silva
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Guyatt
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bundy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology*; D017164:Ascaris lumbricoides / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D011379:Prognosis